Illinois Ancient Swamps Reveal A Lost Tropical World

Name: Illinois Ancient Swamps Reveal A Lost Tropical World
Uploaded: 2025-08-25T21:42:30.000Z
Channel: The Weather Channel
Description: More than 300 million years ago, Illinois was alive with tropical swamps and shallow seas, now immortalized in the world-famous Mazon Creek fossil site....

ByTWC - Digital•

September 11, 2025

Updated: September 11, 2025, 12:00 pm EDTPublished: August 25, 2025, 5:42 pm EDT

More than 300 million years ago, Illinois was alive with tropical swamps and shallow seas, now immortalized in the world-famous Mazon Creek fossil site. Professor Dr. Jim Schiffbauer explains what makes these findings so extraordinary and helps us imagine the other-worldly ecosystems of the past.